" You may have met guys like VJ Culture before. He’s part savant and part scavenger– one of those artists who spots a goldmine in an alleyway, in a trash bin outside Home Depot, or the film canisters and broken Panavision cameras behind a film warehouse– and can mash it all up into something shining and prolific. From halogen to flourescent, from your standard household 60-watters to celluloid-spitting projectors, images and waves of light are bent and ricocheted off pvc tubing and 16 mm lenses to converge in a blaze of glory.
Culture, whose real name is Grant Davis, was formerly a communications disorder specialist, working with deaf children. While participating in the burgeoning VJ (video jockey) movement of Black Rock City, NV, he gradually realized that the imagery and light represented by VJ culture was a profound and unique new way to interpret music for the hearing-impaired. With Jon Swark, he co-founded Video Salon, a non-profit institution designed to represent work by aspiring VJers and present his work in an instructional and educational manner.
Since embarking on these noble endeavors, he’s parlayed his talent into a groundbreaking new kind of art, growing fast in popularity. The artist even hosts VJ Battles in different countries around the world, has worked with Paul Oakenfold, Pearl Jam, and P-Diddy, just to name a few. Hes also been voted among the top 3 VJs in the world for the past 3 years by the UK’s DJ Mag. Here’s some samples of his work– check out his blog for more.
Words by Jeff Nau "
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